Millicom to sell Tigo Senegal to Wari following a surge of African M&A rumours
Emerging markets-focused Millicom has become the first telecoms group to dispose of an asset in Africa this year after agreeing to sell Tigo...
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Spark NZ makes “compelling offer” for TeamTalk Group to complement revenue growth
Spark has lodged a bid to buy 100% of New Zealand communications provider TeamTalk Group as the incumbent looks for complementary businesses that...
TDC sheds hosting business to Maj Invest to slim debt pile
Denmark’s incumbent telecoms operator TDC has offloaded subsidiary TDC Hosting as it works to retain its investment grade credit rating. Copenhagen-based...
Zegona names Dean Checkley CFO to free up Howard Kalika for M&A scouting
TMT turnaround investor Zegona Communications has stepped up the hunt for its next takeover by releasing Howard Kalika from his CFO duties to focus all...
Partner fills CFO berth with long-time Bezeq exec Dudu Mizrahi
The migration of former Bezeq executives to Israeli rival Partner Communications has continued with the mobile operator’s appointment of Dudu Mizrahi as CFO. On his departure from...
Axiata appoints Telenor’s Vivek Sood as CFO
Malaysian telecoms giant Axiata has appointed Telenor’s Vivek Sood as CFO and extended the contract of CEO Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim by three years. Sood was...
T-Mobile’s Stefan Brzozowski appointed Lebara Netherlands MD
UK-based MVNO group Lebara has appointed Stefan Brzozowski as MD of its Dutch operations to replace Marcel Timmerhuis, who left after eight years to...
Bharti Airtel appoints Bangladesh head Prasanta Das Sarma as Kenya MD
Bharti Airtel has moved its Bangladesh CEO Prasanta Das Sarma to head its Kenyan unit as the Indian telecoms giant mulls divesting some...
TalkTalk controlling shareholder Charles Dunstone retakes control of ailing fixed-line operator
The chairman of Dixons Carphone is stepping down from his role in May to become executive chairman of the other British telecoms...
Echostar transfers fibre backhaul and other assets to Dish Network to focus solely on satellite
US-based Echostar is transferring its fibre backhaul network, OTT development unit, and certain other assets to sister company Dish Network to become a pure-play...
